Top of sirup-pitchers



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Top of Sirup `Pitchers.A

N- 240,562. 'Patented April A26, 185|.

N.PETERS, PHOTWLIYHOGRAFHER. WASHINGTON. D4 C.

r UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES HQTALLMAN AND BENJAMIN F. DAY, OF BELLAIRE, OHIO.

TOP OF SlRUP-PITCHERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 240,562, dated April 26, 1881.

Application iled February 2, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, CHAELEs H. TALL- MAN and BENJAMIN F. DAY, of Bellaire, in the county of Belmont and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Tops of Sirup-Pitchers; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of referencemarked thereon.

The object of the invention is such animprovement in the tops of Sirup-pitchers and like articles` from which lluids are poured as will e'ectually cut oft the tlow when desired and prevent any dripping of the contents after pouring, ywhich top may also be made very cheaply; and our invent-ion therein consists `in providing the cover with a spiral spring around the hin gepin, whereby the cover and its seat act together in cutting oft' eftectually the tendency to drip after pouring from the vessel, audliu constructing the same in such a Way that it may be made out of scrap metal.

To better understand our invention reference may be had to the accompanying drawings, in Which- Figure l is an elevation of one style of cover; Fig. 2, au elevation of another style; Fig. 3, a vertical central section of Fig. l; Fig. 4, a similar section of Fig. 2.

Like letters denote similar parts in each figure.

The base of the (top denoted by the letter A) isa ring of metal, made out of a `narrow strip, soldered at its ends. To this is soldered the nose or seat B for the cover, which is made Haring outwardly, with a portion, a, bent horizontally intoa flange, which serves as a sup port and foundation' for the soldering of the parts A and B together. To the top of the part B, at the rear end thereof, is soldered the lixed part O of the cover, having hinge-ears b made upon it. The movable part D of `the cover, having ears c madeu upon it, isI shaped so as to t closely upon the top of the nose or seat B. The hinge-ears cand b are so arranged as to leave the hinge-pin e in the center, adapted to be covered by a spiral spring, E. A suitable thumb-piece, f, is attached to the top of the cover in any convenient way.

In operation, the cover is lifted by pressing upon the thumb-piece, and when this is released the spring forces the cover down upon its seat and holds it there securely, eectually cutting off all drip.

In the modification shown in Figs. 2 and 4, which isl the cylindrical form, where there is no nose proper, an internal nose is soldered to the llange ofthe bottom portion, and the seat is soldered upon that, as before described. ln this modification the hinge-ears c are soldered to the seat and the ears b directly to the cover.

From this construction it will be apparent that the whole top, being made out of small scraps, may be manufactured very cheaply.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new therein is- 1. In combination with the top of a siruppitch er, a spring coiled around the hinge-pin and acting against the top for the purpose of closing and holding it shut, as set forth.

2. A top forsirup-pitchers haviugthe basering A, the nose or seat B, provided with the liange a, the cover D, and ears b b c c, and spring E coiled around the hinge-pin, the several parts constructed and arranged substantially as set forth.

This specification signed and witnessed this 61st day of January, 1881.

CHARLES H. TALLMAN. BENJAMIN F. DAY.

Witnessesz GEO. M. WooDBErDGE, Jr., J. A. M. BEES, J. A. GAELATUS. 

